23:1 They told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and are robbing the threshing floors.
The WEB Book of 1Samuel , Chapter 23 , Verse 1 , They told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and are robbing the threshing floors.
23:2 Therefore David inquired of Yahweh, saying, Shall I go and strike these Philistines? Yahweh said to David, Go, and strike the Philistines, and save Keilah.
The WEB Book of 1Samuel , Chapter 23 , Verse 2 , Therefore David inquired of Yahweh, saying, Shall I go and strike these Philistines? Yahweh said to David, Go, and strike the Philistines, and save Keilah.
23:3 David's men said to him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?
The WEB Book of 1Samuel , Chapter 23 , Verse 3 , David's men said to him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?
23:4 Then David inquired of Yahweh yet again. Yahweh answered him, and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.
The WEB Book of 1Samuel , Chapter 23 , Verse 4 , Then David inquired of Yahweh yet again. Yahweh answered him, and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.
23:5 David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and killed them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
The WEB Book of 1Samuel , Chapter 23 , Verse 5 , David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and killed them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
23:6 It happened, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.
The WEB Book of 1Samuel , Chapter 23 , Verse 6 , It happened, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand.
23:7 It was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. Saul said, God has delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that has gates and bars.
The WEB Book of 1Samuel , Chapter 23 , Verse 7 , It was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. Saul said, God has delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that has gates and bars.
23:8 Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
The WEB Book of 1Samuel , Chapter 23 , Verse 8 , Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
23:9 David knew that Saul was devising mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring here the ephod.
The WEB Book of 1Samuel , Chapter 23 , Verse 9 , David knew that Saul was devising mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring here the ephod.
23:10 Then said David, O Yahweh, the God of Israel, your servant has surely heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
The WEB Book of 1Samuel , Chapter 23 , Verse 10 , Then said David, O Yahweh, the God of Israel, your servant has surely heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
23:11 Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as your servant has heard? Yahweh, the God of Israel, I beg you, tell your servant. Yahweh said, He will come down.
The WEB Book of 1Samuel , Chapter 23 , Verse 11 , Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as your servant has heard? Yahweh, the God of Israel, I beg you, tell your servant. Yahweh said, He will come down.
23:12 Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver up to me and my men into the hand of Saul? Yahweh said, They will deliver you up.
The WEB Book of 1Samuel , Chapter 23 , Verse 12 , Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver up to me and my men into the hand of Saul? Yahweh said, They will deliver you up.
23:13 Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went wherever they could go. It was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he gave up going there.
The WEB Book of 1Samuel , Chapter 23 , Verse 13 , Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went wherever they could go. It was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he gave up going there.
23:14 David abode in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill-country in the wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but God didn't deliver him into his hand.
The WEB Book of 1Samuel , Chapter 23 , Verse 14 , David abode in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill-country in the wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but God didn't deliver him into his hand.
23:15 David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the wood.
The WEB Book of 1Samuel , Chapter 23 , Verse 15 , David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the wood.
23:16 Jonathan, Saul's son, arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.
The WEB Book of 1Samuel , Chapter 23 , Verse 16 , Jonathan, Saul's son, arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.
23:17 He said to him, Don't be afraid; for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you; and you shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to you; and that also Saul my father knows.
The WEB Book of 1Samuel , Chapter 23 , Verse 17 , He said to him, Don't be afraid; for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you; and you shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to you; and that also Saul my father knows.
23:18 They two made a covenant before Yahweh: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.
The WEB Book of 1Samuel , Chapter 23 , Verse 18 , They two made a covenant before Yahweh: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house.
23:19 Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doesn't David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert?
The WEB Book of 1Samuel , Chapter 23 , Verse 19 , Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doesn't David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert?
23:20 Now therefore, O king, come down, according to all the desire of your soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him up into the king's hand.
The WEB Book of 1Samuel , Chapter 23 , Verse 20 , Now therefore, O king, come down, according to all the desire of your soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him up into the king's hand.
23:21 Saul said, Blessed be you of Yahweh; for you have had compassion on me.
The WEB Book of 1Samuel , Chapter 23 , Verse 21 , Saul said, Blessed be you of Yahweh; for you have had compassion on me.
23:22 Please go make yet more sure, and know and see his place where his haunt is, [and] who has seen him there; for it is told me that he deals very subtly.
The WEB Book of 1Samuel , Chapter 23 , Verse 22 , Please go make yet more sure, and know and see his place where his haunt is, [and] who has seen him there; for it is told me that he deals very subtly.
23:23 See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking-places where he hides himself, and come you again to me of a certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall happen, if he be in the land, that I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.
The WEB Book of 1Samuel , Chapter 23 , Verse 23 , See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking-places where he hides himself, and come you again to me of a certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall happen, if he be in the land, that I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.
23:24 They arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah on the south of the desert.
The WEB Book of 1Samuel , Chapter 23 , Verse 24 , They arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah on the south of the desert.
23:25 Saul and his men went to seek him. They told David: why he came down to the rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. When Saul heard [that], he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.
The WEB Book of 1Samuel , Chapter 23 , Verse 25 , Saul and his men went to seek him. They told David: why he came down to the rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. When Saul heard [that], he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.
23:26 Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.
The WEB Book of 1Samuel , Chapter 23 , Verse 26 , Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them.
23:27 But there came a messenger to Saul, saying, Haste you, and come; for the Philistines have made a raid on the land.
The WEB Book of 1Samuel , Chapter 23 , Verse 27 , But there came a messenger to Saul, saying, Haste you, and come; for the Philistines have made a raid on the land.
23:28 So Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela Hammahlekoth.
The WEB Book of 1Samuel , Chapter 23 , Verse 28 , So Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela Hammahlekoth.
23:29 David went up from there, and lived in the strongholds of En Gedi.
The WEB Book of 1Samuel , Chapter 23 , Verse 29 , David went up from there, and lived in the strongholds of En Gedi.
